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  • Past Tense

    YOU’RE WRONG IF you think this is going to be one of those “What was on the front page of DIRECT 10 years ago?” articles. Actually, there was but one

  • Marketers Wanted

    SAY YOU’VE JUST lost a top marketing job because your new spouse pressured you into demanding a raise. If you need another post quickly-so as not to lose

  • Track It or Forget It

    LIFE IS FULL of ironies. Here’s one of my favorites: Marketing pros who would never attempt a direct mail campaign without a careful cost/payback analysis

  • Brazil and Argentina Mull Privacy Bills

    THE GOVERNMENTS OF both Brazil and Argentina are considering privacy legislation that could lead them further away from the U.S. privacy model, and closer

  • Block That Call

    CHICAGO-BASED AMERITECH unveiled a service in Chicago and Detroit last month specifically designed to block telemarketers’ calls. The company is the first

  • The Peanut Gallery Lives! A Digestive Directive

    THINK YOU’VE SEEN all there is to see about government intervention into commerce…greasy sand, sticking in the gears of progress? Well, you ain’t seen

  • No Lazy Last Days of Summer for Retail Catalogers

    WHILE AUGUST sales among a sample of retailers were lackluster, those with separate catalog divisions showed stronger results during the last full month

  • World Wide Web of Legislation

    THERE ARE MANY things DMers consider when setting up Web sites. Frames or no frames? Animation and sound or text-only? Get legal advice or go it solo?For

  • Watch the Road

    WHAT TYPE OF business does Darryl Hughley own?”The right answer to that and three other sit-com queries put 150 ABC viewers behind the wheel of a brand